EDITORIAL. 
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two very interesting cases from Dr. B. Mclnnes, Jr., and the 
usual notice of alterations of the by-laws, will not those who ab¬ 
sented themselves from the session see cause for regretting their 
loss ? The meeting was a good one, and the reception given by 
the Pennsylvania veterinarians to their colleagues on that occa¬ 
sion, especially by Prof. Huidekoper and his committee, was quite 
in keeping with the world-renowned hospitality of the Quaker 
City. 
With the issue of this first number of our eleventh volume 
we begin the publication of a paper sent to us as that of a candi¬ 
date for the prize offered by the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association and ourselves. The subject selected is very interesting, 
and, though it is one upon which volumes have already been writ¬ 
ten, we hope that the author will include in it something more 
than a mere general compilation of authorities. Some original 
thoughts or fresh investigations will, we anticipate, be presented. 
The paper, long as it is, promises to be one of the best of the 
competitive contributions of those elicited by the promised 
premiums. We are obliged to divide the article and to issue it in 
portions, but when completed we shall, in compliance with the 
requisition of the prize givers, have it printed entire and freely 
distributed for general reading and inspection. 
Papers upon a number of new subjects will be found in 
the present number of the Review, upon which we would like to 
offer special comment. Want of room for the present, however, 
compels their postponement to another issue. Some of these are 
of great importance, such as that of the Insurance Companies and 
that of the Registration of Veterinarians, as carried on at present 
in the State of New York. Members of the profession ought to 
keep watch of them and give their brethren the benefit of their 
varying personal thoughts. 
We desire, in answer to a communication from our friend Dr. 
Gertli, to say that the remarks we made in our last issue did not 
apply to him, but to the person with whom his name was con¬ 
nected. Wu all know him too well ever to do him the injustice of 
placing him in the same category with his rival candidate for 
the State Veterinarianship of Montana. 
